Platform Support for ENVI 5.5.1 and IDL 8.7.1

This help article lists the supported platforms for ENVI 5.5.1 and IDL 8.7.1.

ENVI 5.5.1 Platform Support

Platform	Hardware	Operating System	Supported Versions
Windows	Intel/AMD 64-bit	Windows	7 SP1, 8, 10
Macintosh	Intel 64-bit	OS X	10.10, 10.11
Linux	Intel/AMD 64-bit	Linux	Kernel 2.6.32, glibc 2.12

 

Supported versions indicate that ENVI was either built on (the lowest version listed) or tested on that version. You can install and run ENVI on other versions that are binary-compatible with those listed.

 

The 64-bit Windows installer contains 32-bit binaries so that you can launch ENVI in 32-bit mode on 64-bit Windows systems. This ensures interoperability with ArcGIS. You can find the 32-bit versions of ENVI in the ENVI x.x program group under Start > Programs > ENVI 5.5 > ENVI for ArcGIS and Tools > ENVI Classic 5.5 (32-bit), where x.x is the software version.

An X-Windows manager is required for Macintosh. ENVI was tested using XQuartz 2.7.11.

For optimal performance, your video card should have a minimum of 1 GB RAM and should support OpenGL 2.0 or later. Also be sure to install the latest drivers for your video card.

ENVI Help requires an HTML5-compatible browser.

 

ENVI 5.5.1 Feature Support

 

The following table indicates which platforms support the corresponding feature. ENVI features not listed in this table are assumed to work on all supported platforms.

Feature	Windows		Mac OS X	Linux
	32-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
Connecting and saving to a geodatabase a, b	•
FLAASH® c	•	•		•
Chip to ArcMap™ software a, b	•
Chip to Print Layout view a, b	•
Chip to PowerPoint®	•	•
Generate Point Clouds and DSM by Dense Image Matching d		•
LiDAR e	•	•		•
Map Layout view (File > Print) a, b	•
NITF/NSIF Module	•	•		•
Reading OGC GeoPackage files	•	•
Reference Map Link	•	•
Rigorous Orthorectification d	•	•
RPC Orthorectification Using DSM from Dense Image Matching d		•
Send files to ArcMap™ software a, b	•
Reading ECW files a	•
Reading MrSID files	•	•		•
THOR Tools	•	•

 

^a Windows users: these functions only run in 32-bit mode. If you have a 64-bit PC and you want to use these functions, run ENVI in 32-bit mode from the Windows Start menu.

 

^b Supported on ArcMap 10.5 and 10.6.

^c FLAASH^® is included with the Atmospheric Correction Module, which requires a separate license. The QUick Atmospheric Correction (QUAC) tool is also included with the module and runs on all platforms that ENVI supports.

^d Requires a separate license for the ENVI Photogrammetry Module.

^e Supported through the ENVI API only. The ENVI LiDAR user interface is not available on Linux.

IDL 8.7 Platform Support

Platform	Hardware	Operating System	Supported Versions
Windows	Intel/AMD 64-bit	Windows	7 SP1, 8, 10
Macintosh	Intel 64-bit	OS X	10.10, 10.11
Linux	Intel/AMD 64-bit	Linux	Kernel 2.6.32, glibc 2.12

 

IDL Feature Support

 

The following table indicates which platforms support the corresponding feature. IDL technologies not listed in this table are assumed to work on all platforms.

Feature	Windows		Mac OS X	Linux
	32-bit	Intel 64-bit	Intel 64-bit	Intel 64-bit
COM Object-Export (Export Bridge Assistant)	•	•
COM Object-Import (IDLcomIDispatch)	•
DataMiner	•	•		•
DICOM Network Services	•	•
DICOM Read/Write (IDLffDicomEx)	•	•
DICOM Read (IDLffDICOM)	•	•	•	•
DXF file format (IDLffDXF)	•
GRIB_* routines	•	•	•	•
Internationalization (I18N_*) conversion routines	•	•
IDL Advanced Math and Stats (IMSL Numerical Library) a	•	•		•
IDL Task Engine	•	•	•	•
IDL Workbench	•	•	•	•
JPIP (IDLnetJPIP)	•	•	•	•
MPEG (IDLgrMPEG)	•	•	•	•
MrSID (IDLffMrSID)	•
Python Bridge	•	•	•	•
Video Read (IDLffVideoRead)	•	•	•	•
Video Write (IDLffVideoWrite)	•	•	•	•
Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)			•	•

 

^a IMSL requires glibc 2.14 or later.